Stock-car.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

- J. M. HANSEN.

STOCK GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1902. BIO MODEL 5 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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STOCK GAR.

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No; 727,623. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903-.

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Patented May 12, 1903.

"PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. HANSEN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION frming part of Letters Patent 0. 727,623, dated May 12,1903.

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Be it known that I, JOHN M..HANSEN, a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement injStock-Oars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to railway-cars,and'

more especially to stock and'b'ox cars.

The object of my invention is to improve cars of this character in details of construction, which will be hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a horizontal section through onehalf of the car, the section of the top portion being taken above the floor and that of the bottom portion just below the floor-planks. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through one half of the car. Fig.3 is a side view of the opposite half. Figs 4 on its left-hand portion shows a vertical transverse section of the car on the line 4. 4, Fig. 1, and on the right-hand portion a similar section on'the line 4: 4.,

Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is anendlview of the car, and Fig. 6 is a View of a detail.

The underframe of this car maybe of any preferred type of metallic underframe, as it forms no part of the present invention. The

underframe shown comprises channel side sills 1, channel end sills 2, center sills 3, which also are of channel-beams and are of greater depth than the side sills, body-bolsters 4, which may be of any preferred construction, those shown comprising web-fillers 5, extending from the center sills to the side sills, and top cover-plates 6 and bottom coverplates 7, riveted to the web-fillers and extending, respectively, above and below the center sills. The center sills project beyond the body-bolsters and are connected to the end sills by means of the draft-sills 8. The frame is tied together at suitable intervals by transverse tying members or transoms 9, which may be of any desired construction. Diagonal braces 10 connect gusset-plates 11, secured to the corners of the-car, and "similar plates 13, secured to the body-bolsters and center sills. Atthe ends of the underframe is a hood 14, provided with a notch at its lower edge for the passage of the shank of the draw-bar and supporting the draw-bar carrier. to Resting on the body-bolsters and diaphragms are six longitudinal. wooden stringers 16, to which the floor-planks 17 are secured,

The parts so far described, as abovestated, maybe of any desired construction, as they form no part of the present invention, it being sufficient if the side and end sills have flat faces, preferably the outer ones, and for this reason these sills are preferably channelbeams placed with their flanges projecting inwardly.- i

The upper frame or superstructure comprises vertical corner-posts 20,01? L-shaped cross-section, rivetedto'the outer faces of the side and end sills, door-posts 21, also of L- shaped cross-section, intermediate posts 22, preferably of T-shaped cross-section, and diagonal braces 23, also of T-shaped cross-section. Posts 22 and diagonal braces 23 are also provided at the ends of the car. All of the posts except the door-posts and corner-posts and also the diagonal braces are of T-shaped cross- 7 5 section and preferably are formed oftwo rolled anglebars having flanges of equal width placed against each other andsuitably united, as by means of rivets. All of the posts and diagonalfbraces are riveted to the outer face of the side-and end sills, and at their upper ends they are suitably secured to the side plates 25 or end plates 26. These side and end plates are formed of rolled angle-bars, and the posts and braces are attached to the vertical flanges of said plates.v The posts opposite the body-bolster are riveted directly to the side plates, while the door-posts, cornerposts, andintermediate posts except those opposite the body-bolster are united to the 0 side plates by means of connection-plates 27, which extend sufflciently far to one side to have the upper ends of the adjacent side braces also secured thereto. No connectionplates are used where the posts and braces 5 are riveted to the side sills, as the webs ofthe latter offer an area of sufficient extent to provide the necessary spacefor riveting.

' It will be observedthat with a framing of the kind described the inner faces of. one flange of all posts and braces on either side or end of the car lie in the same plane as the outer face of the web of the side or end sill, and hence the posts and braces present perfectly flush and even surfaces toward the inside of the car. These flush and even surfaces provide a convenient means for securing the side walls of the car thereto, which in a stock-car, as shown in the drawings, are composed of wooden slats 29 and wooden girths 30, and these can conveniently be secured to the posts and braces by means of bolts, as shown. In the case of a box-car these slats and girths would of course be replaced by sheathing. The ends are sealed by a wooden lining 32 and are provided with wooden end girths 33 and wooden end doors 34. The side-door construction may be of any preferred type and is not shown. The carlines also are of T shape in cross-section and preferably constructed of two angle-irons having flanges of equal width placed against each other and secured by means of rivets. These carlines rest upon the horizontal upper flanges of the side plates 25 and are suitably secured thereto. The purlins 36 with this form of carlines need not be continuous throughout their lengths, but may be cut at each or any carline. The horizontal members of the angles which constitute the carlines provide seats or shelves of ample width to properly support the sectional carlines and to admit of properly securing them in place. If desired, the carlines when out may be united by metal straps 38, placed beneath the carlines and bolted to both the purlins and carlines.

Various other features of an ordinary stockcar are shown in the drawings; but the foregoing parts constitute all which are claimed to be new. It is to be understood, of course, that the framing of the superstructure may be used for a box-car as well as for a stockcar.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic frame for car-bodies having side and end sills, side and end plates, vertical flanged door,corner,intermediate side and end posts, oblique flanged side and end braces intermediate said posts, and means for securing said members together, all of the posts and braces on each side or end of the car having the inner faces of one of their flanges in the same plane, and secured directly to the outer faces of the sills.

2. A metallic frame for car-bodies having side and end sills, side and end plates, a rootframe secured to said side plates, vertical L- shaped corner and side door-posts, vertical intermediate side and end posts of T-shaped cross-section, and oblique side and end braces of T-shaped cross-section intermediate the posts, all of said posts and braces being suitably secured to the side and end sills and to the side and end plates.

3. A metallic frame for car-bodies having side and end sills, side and end plates, vertical flanged corner and side posts, vertical intermediate side and end posts and oblique side and end braces, said intermediate side and end posts and oblique braces consisting of two L-shaped members each having a flange of the same width placed in contact and suitably secured together, and means for securing said members together.

4:. A metallic frame for car-bodies comprising a sill and top plate, suitable vertical posts connecting the same, and a metallic oblique brace also connecting said sill and plate and consisting of two L-shaped members each having a flange of the same width placed in contact and suitably secured together.

5. A metallic carline composed of two L- shaped members each having a flange of the same width placed in contact and united by rivets or thelike passing through said flanges.

6. In a railway-car, the combination of a metallic side plate consisting of an L-shaped member placed with one flange horizontal, and a metallic carline composed of two L- shaped members a flange of each being placed in contact and united by means of rivets or the like, the horizontal flanges of said carline resting upon and suitably secured to the horizontal flange of the L-shaped side plate.

7. In a railway-car, the combination with a trussed metal side frame of a metallic side plate for said side frame consisting of an L- shaped member placed with the horizontal flange at the top, and a metallic carline of T- shaped cross-section having its horizontal flanges resting upon and suitably securedto the horizontal flange of the side plate.

8. In a railway-car, the combination with the side plates, of a metallic carline of T shaped cross-section secured to said plates and having its leg projecting upwardly, and sectional purlins having their ends resting on the horizontal flanges of said carline.

9. In a railway-car, the combination with the side plates, of a metallic carline of T- shaped cross-section secured to said plates and having its leg projecting upwardly, sectional purlins having their endsresting on the horizontal flanges of said carline, and straps extending underneath the carline and secured to the ends of the purlins.

In testimony whereof I, the said JOHN M. HANSEN, have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN M. HANSEN.

Witnesses:

WM. BIERMAN, ROBERT C. To'r'rEN. 

